Gardens in the Ozarks

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Gardens in the Ozarks

Early spring daphodils

In the Ozarks daffodils start blooming in late February, lasting till mid April. We always have some daffodils blooming for Easter. We plant them in our lawn in late summer or fall. They get thicker and more beautiful each year. We wait till mid May before mowing them to allow them to build and store energy for next years blooms. The daffodils pictured above were from bulbs purchased about 40 years ago. They were dug up and replanted about 15 years ago. Dogwoods, which grow wild in our pastures and woods, bloom in early to mid April. Irises (pictured at left,) snowball bushes, azaleas, and columbines (pictured left to right below) bloom in late April and May. Day lilies bloom in May and June, but one variety, Stella De Oreo day lilie (pictured bellow,) blooms from mid May until the first hard freeze in late fall. Yuccas, pictured bottom left bloom in June. A hardy pink amorella (also called naked lily or reserection lily) come up in early spring with the daffodills, then disapere without blooming in late May, In August they send up long stems with flowers. Crepe Myrtles bloom in August and September. All of these flowers are hardy perennials that require very little care in northern Arkansas. Pansies are hardy biennials that, if plant in fall, will bloom in fall, spring, and early summer. In mild winters they will bloom all winter.

Mimosa trees (pictured above) bloom in mid summer in the Ozarks and have unusual flowers and leaves. They are also called the sensitive plants because their leaves fold up when touched.

Pole Beans, Squash, and Cucumbers Squash and Asparagus Sweet Potatoes and Raspberries

Tomatoes, Squash, and Pole Beans

Tomatoes, Squash and Pole Beans Irish Potatoes Spring Garden

We try to grow as much of what we eat as possible. We use organic farming and gardening techniques. We have an abundant supply of goat manure for our garden. The trees that line the south and west sides of our garden are hardy pecans purchased from Gurney's Seed and Nursery thirty six years ago. Gurney's Fruit Trees & Nut Trees. They produce all of the pecans that we, our children, and our grandchildren can eat from Thanksgiving to Easter.

Stella De Oreo Daylily

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We are located in north central Arkansas, twenty miles south of Missouri.

Ralph is four miles south of Yellville, Arkansas, on Highway 14.
We are two miles west of Ralph on County Road 5040.

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